高考英语专项练习阅读理解第4节.docx

1、高考英语专项练习阅读理解第4节第4节记叙文题组训练一1话题：人物介绍难度：建议用时：7分钟Charles Dickens is probably the best-known and，to many people，the greatest English novelist of the 19th century.As a moralist，satirist，and social reformer，Dickens crafted complex plots and striking characters that capture the panorama of English society.D

2、ickens was born in Portsmouth，on Englands southern coast.His father was a clerk in the British navy pay officea respectable position，but with little social status.His paternal grandparents，a steward and a housekeeper possessed even less status，having been servants，and Dickens later concealed their b

3、ackground.Dickens mother supposedly came from a more respectable family.Yet two years before Dickens birth，his mothers father was caught stealing and fled to Europe，never to return.The familys increasing poverty forced Dickens out of school at age 12 to work in Warrens Blacking Warehouse，a shoe-poli

4、sh factory，where the other working boys mocked him as “the young gentleman”.His father was then imprisoned for debt.The humiliations(耻辱) of his fathers imprisonment and his labor in the blacking factory formed Dickens greatest wound and became his deepest secret.He could not confide them even to his

5、 wife，although they provide the unacknowledged foundation of his fiction.Soon after his fathers release from prison，Dickens got a better job as an errand boy in law offices.He taught himself shorthand to get an even better job later as a court stenographer and as a reporter in Parliament.At the same

6、 time，Dickens，who had a reporters eye for transcribing(转录) the life around him especially anything comic or odd，submitted short sketches(短篇作品) to obscure magazines.The first published sketch，A Dinner at Poplar Walk brought tears to Dickens eyes when he discovered it in the pages of The Monthly Magaz

7、ine.From then on his sketches，which appeared under the pen name “Boz” in The Evening Chronicle，earned him a modest reputation.Soon after Sketches by Boz appeared，a publishing firm approached Dickens to write a story in monthly installments，as a backdrop for a series of woodcuts by the then-famous ar

8、tist Robert Seymour，who had originated the idea for the story.With characteristic confidence，Dickens successfully insisted that Seymours pictures illustrate his own story instead.After the first installment，Dickens wrote to the artist and asked him to correct a drawing which，Dickens felt，was not fai

9、thful enough to his prose.Seymour made the change，went into his backyard，and expressed his displeasure by committing suicide.Dickens and his publishers simply pressed on with a new artist.The comic novel，The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club，appeared serially in 1836 and 1837，and was first publ

10、ished in book form in 1837.The runaway success of The Pickwick Papers，as it is generally known today，secured Dickens fame.There were Pickwick coats and Pickwick cigars，and the plump，spectacled hero，Samuel Pickwick，became a national figure.After Pickwick，Dickens plunged into a bleaker world.In Oliver

11、 Twist，he traces an orphans progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums(贫民区) of London.Nicholas Nickleby，his next novel，combines the darkness of Oliver Twist with the sunlight of Pickwick.The popularity of these novels consolidated Dickens as a nationally and internationally celebrated man of

12、letters.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。描述了狄更斯的家庭背景、成长经历和主要作品等。1.Dickens family background had the following effects on him EXCEPT that .A.he formed an odd personalityB.it cast a shadow on his heartC.he had to drop out of schoolD.it had his dignity threatened答案A解析细节理解题。A项文中没有提到，但B、C、D三项涉及的内容在文中第二段中都提及了。2.Which of the

13、following works secured Dickens reputation?A.A Dinner at Poplar Walk.B.Oliver Twist.C.The Pickwick Papers.D.Nicholas Nickleby.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第六段第一句“The runaway success of The Pickwick Papers，as it is generally known today，secured Dickens fame.”可知，匹克威克列传的巨大成功为狄更斯赢得了声誉。3.From the passage we can infer th

14、at .A.Dickens insistence against Seymours will might have led to the artist killing himselfB.it was the combination of Oliver Twist and Pickwick that made Dickens world-famousC.Dickens reflected the situation of English society in the 18th century with his literatureD.Dickens sketches in The Monthly

15、 Magazine attracted the attention of a publishing firm答案A解析推理判断题。根据第五段倒数第三、四句“.Dickens wrote to the artist and asked him to correct.and expressed his displeasure by committing suicide.”可知A项正确。根据文章最后一段可知，是狄更斯的三部小说让他享誉世界，故B项错误；C项中应反映的是19世纪的英国社会，故排除；D项中应是Sketches by Boz吸引了出版商，故排除。4.What does the passag

16、e mainly talk about?A.Dickens great contributions.B.Dickens famous works.C.Dickens family background.D.Dickens life experiences.答案D解析主旨大意题。文章介绍了查尔斯狄更斯的家庭背景、成长经历和主要作品等，因此A、B、C三项均是以偏概全，而D项囊括了全文内容。2话题：走路、乘车的好处难度：建议用时：6分钟When a website suggested that we not use a car for a week，I decided to have a try.D

17、uring the last couple years，Ive got used to taking the bus.The first two days was pretty easy.I took the bus to my summer school class，walked to the shop afterwards，and then took a bus home.The bus rides never took more than 20 minutes and since I started the challenge on a weekday，the buses ran oft

18、en and I didnt have to wait at stops very long.But by the third day，I started to miss being able to go anywhere in a car.On the fourth day，after getting ready for school，I looked at the clock and I was already 20 minutes late.I knew that if I took the bus Id arrive almost an hour late.Since the clas

19、s is only two hours long，I asked my mom to drive me.I felt guilty about riding in a car，but it felt good to be in the passengers seat again.From the fifth day on it wasnt too bad.Some friends offered to drive me to go out a few times，and I had to refuse their offer and walk to closer places with the

20、m instead.They thought I was crazy to go without using a car for a week.However，after a week，I realized that there are a lot of benefits of walking or taking the bus.Walking is healthier for my body and the world，and I dont mind taking the bus because I get to meet really interesting people.My favor

21、ite was a man who said he was on a journey across America，and asked me about school and what my favorite subject is.Also，the bus is a good place for me to be creative.Ive written a lot of poems on the bus.Im not surprised J.K.Rowling wrote Harry Potter on the train.On the last day of the challenge，I

22、 felt like I could finally return from my travel.Strangely，the first day of my renewed car freedom wasnt as exciting as I imagined.Once the chances arose，choosing a car over a greener travel became less attractive.Why sit in the lonely passengers seat when I could choose any free seat I wanted on a

23、bus？Besides，walking or taking the bus can help our environment.Since there are so many benefits of walking or taking the bus，why not walk or take the bus more?语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。作者接受了一周不乘坐小汽车的挑战，在这个过程中，他发现了走路和乘坐公共汽车的好处。5.Why did the author use the car on the fourth day?A.Because he had got tired of taking

24、 a bus.B.Because there werent many buses that day.C.Because he really missed the passengers seat.D.Because he didnt want to be late for his class.答案D解析细节理解题。根据第二段的内容可知，作者选择乘坐小汽车是不想上课迟到，故选D。6.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A.The benefits of walking or taking a bus.B.The poems the author wrote on th

25、e bus.C.The activities the author often did on the bus.D.The interesting people the author met on the bus.答案A解析段落大意题。第四段第一句“However，after a week，I realized that there are a lot of benefits of walking or taking the bus.”为这一段的主旨句，主要是讲走路和乘坐公共汽车的好处，故选A。7.We can infer that now the author .A.has decided n

26、ever to use his familys car againB.is afraid of going somewhere far by busC.doesnt like listening to the car radio when he is in the carD.is more willing to get around on foot or by bus答案D解析推理判断题。根据末段末句“Since there are so many benefits of walking or taking the bus，why not walk or take the bus more？”

27、可推断作者现在比以前更愿意走路或乘坐公共汽车了。故选D。3话题：梵高简介难度：建议用时：7分钟In the spring of 1878，Vincent van Gogh turned 25.As he looked back over his short life，the Dutchman found little to celebrate among the endeavors of his faltering career.By conventional，middle-class standards，he was a failure.After a couple of dead-end

28、teaching jobs in England，as well as a short，forgettable spell working in a bookshop in Dordrecht，he moved to Amsterdam to become a minister of religion，following in his fathers footsteps.At the end of 1878，he set off for the depressed coal mining district of the Borinage to the west of the city of M

29、ons in Belgium，determined to establish himself as a preacher for the working class.There，he lived in a humble hut，gave away much of his money，and changed his smart clothes into the practical work-wear of the Borins.Unfortunately，he was not a gifted speaker，so his meetings were sparsely attended.His

30、inability to connect with the local coal miners was compounded by a practical linguistic difficulty：he couldnt make head or tail of their quick-fire regional dialect known as “Walloon French” while they were mystified by his own attempts at French，which to their ears sounded overly formal.In July 18

31、79，only half a year after he had arrived in the region，he received another setback：the authorities terminated his trial religious appointment.Yet it was at this rock-bottom moment that van Gogh，now 26，started to draw.“I often feel homesick for the country of paintings，” he wrote to his brother Theo

32、in the summer of 1880.He felt sympathy for the working-class miners.For the first time in his life，middle-class van Gogh was friends with poor，working-class people.The people were poor and illiterate，and their work was hard and dangerous.Yet for van Gogh，there was some kind of bigger truth in their simple way of life.After he became an artist，he chose to find his subject matter there.Like artists that he admired，such as Jean-Francois M